Uncertain times Boy howdy: This pandemic is certainly changing the grocery shopping landscape! A friend of mine sold out her entire store of frozen pasture raised chickens in a few days, chicks are hard to come by in the feed stores and folks are suddenly motivated to grow their own food! I must …
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Moving Day
Our Freedom Ranger chickens are 3.5 weeks old and ready to move outside! They're brooder has had the lights off for around 3 nights and the manure was steadily building up despite fresh pine shavings scooped in daily.... they're happy to be on fresh grass and out of the stinky barn! We handle …
Pasture Raised Chicken: Part 2
In part one of this blog series we discussed some of the reasons we raise our own meat, how much it costs, bringing home your new chicks and setting up their brooder. Part two will discuss keeping the birds on pasture in a tractor, briefly touching on some improvements and part three will discuss …
Raising Meat Chickens: How to brood healthy chicks
This post is the first installment of a 3 part series written in 2017, our third season raising our own chicken and the first raising a few extra to sell, so i figured it would be a great opportunity to document the project. Introduction: When my husband and i purchased this property, we …
How to spatchcock a chicken + Recipe for the perfect roast bird
Roast chicken is the perfect meal to serve to guests. Or bring to a potluck. Or cook on Sunday to enjoy leftover for lunches all week. What is my favorite part of a perfectly roast Freedom Ranger chicken? The crispy skin, the dark red thigh meat, the plump breasts and the flavorful drippings..... …